MANAGEMENT CHANGE AT REFORM

PICTURED ABOVE: Dr Clemens Malina-Altzinger congratulates Markus Wieshofer on his appointment as CEO of Reform Werke

Austrian specialist tractor manufacturer Reform has announced a change of management. 

On June 30, 2025, CEO Reinhard Riepl handed over his responsibility to Markus Wieshofer. He remains with the Group in an advisory capacity until the end of the year. 

Markus Wieshofer takes over the sole board of directors and forms the management board together with Wolfgang Zauner.

Reinhard Riepl originally joined the company, based in Wels, more than a quarter of a century ago as head of finance. In 2005, he was appointed to the executive board of Reform Group as managing director of Reform-Werke Bauer & Co GmbH. Appointment as CEO of the Group followed in 2019.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr Clemens Malina-Altzinger said, "Reinhard Riepl has led the company through many dynamic years with vision and a steady hand. We thank him very much for that."

Markus Wieshofer has been with the company since 2023 and will assume the role of sole member of the Executive Board of Reform-Werke Bauer & Co Holding Aktiengesellschaft and Chair of the Executive Board of Reform-Werke Bauer & Co Gesellschaft m.b.H. 
 
Reform’s specialist tractors are distributed in the UK by Simon Richard Ltd.